2021 will begin for the JDC with its Q school event on May 22nd & 23rd.
During 2021 the JDC will be hosting two tour events in the shape of the Advanced Tour and the JDC Foundation Tour.
Q school will be the opportunity for young dart players to obtain a tour card exclusively for the Advanced Tour in 2021. The Advanced tour is an exclusive 32 player closed field that will contain the highest standard and ability of junior dart players as they prepare for a career in darts.
The Advanced tour will be highly promoted and will attract huge media interest for these special players. 12 events will see the JDC offer over £10,000 of prize money just for these 32 players.
All 32 players will automatically qualify for the JDC World Darts Finals in Gibraltar late November.
The JDC’s Foundation Tour is the continuation of the JDC tour as known in previous years. An open event for under 18’s anywhere and is an opportunity for children to explore their ability and set targets during the tour. A prize fund over £5,000 and an order of merit that will see the top 4 players at its conclusion offered a tour card for Advanced tour in 2022. Information on both events are on the JDC website under the tour rules section.
Both tournaments will be hosted over weekends that will see the Foundation Tour played out on a Saturday and the Advanced Tour on the Sunday.
*Dates for the tour events are as follows in 2021,
Foundation Tour Saturday x 2 events
Advanced Tour Sunday x 2 events
Tour 1&2 - 19th/20th JUNE
Tour 3&4 - 3/4th JULY
Tour 5&6 - 10th /11th JULY
Tour 7&8 - 24TH 25TH JULY
Tour 9&10 - 7TH 8TH AUGUST
Tour 11&12 - 21ST / 22ND AUGUST
To complete the line up of the Advanced tour, competitors at JDC Q school will be offered the opportunity of 10 tour cards over 2 days of darts. Q school will be held over 4 sessions of competition and will run an order of merit to enable 10 players to obtain a card.
2 players from each day will win a tour card outright leaving 6 to play for in the events order of merit.
JDC Q school will be held at the Oaklands Darts and Pool centre in Cinderford Gloucestershire over the weekend of 22nd/23rd of May. Updates on the event will be published on JDC social media and on its website. The event is online entry only at - https://jdcshop.net/index.php?route=product/category&path=71
Once the Q school event is complete the JDC will move on to the tour events in succession including its bespoke Greenzone events. *Dates at this stage for the Greenzone events are ,
JULY 31ST - SOUTHAMPTON
AUGUST 1ST - TEWKESBURY
AUGUST 28TH - BLACKBURN
AUGUST 29TH - TIPTON
*All subject to covid restrictions.
JDC Q school entry is now open and the tour events will be open for entry later this month.
JDC Membership is now available for 2021 which will give considerable discount on entry to Q school the Foundation Tour and Greenzone competition.
All details available on www.jdcshop.net
The PDC have confirmed that this years JDC Junior World Darts Championship final will be played out at the Alexandra Palace London.
The road to the palace begins…..